TP <Tribulations at Paralleles.invalid> writes:
> Hello,
>> I have a script that uses the "optparse" package to parse the command line.
> For example:
>> $ script.py --help
> # displays help about script.py
>> Is this possible to call such a script with execfile('') once in the Python
> interactive shell?
>>>>> execfile( 'script.py' )
>> I get errors because there is no argv dictionary when used with execfile.
>> How to solve this problem, so that I am able to use script.py in command
> line as well as with execfile?
Have you tried setting sys.argv manually?
e.g.
>>> import sys
>>> sys.argv = ['--help']
>>> execfile('script.py')
But I have to say I have never felt the need to use execfile() this way.
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Arnaud